Researchers are testing "smart underwear" sensors that track when people pass gas—while also recording diet and daily habits. Early results show pe ...

When Brantley Hall opened enrollment for his Human Flatus Atlas project to measure how much wind people break in a day, he ...

Scientists at the University of Maryland have taken on a problem most people laugh about and doctors struggle to measure. Their solution is Smart Underwear, a small wearable device that tracks ...

Feeling bloated, burping too often, or dealing with embarrassing gas pains? You’re not alone. Gas is a normal part of digestion, but when it becomes excessive or painful, it may be your body’s way of ...

Farting is one of the body’s most common — and necessary — digestive processes. Gas is created as gut bacteria digests the food we eat, or as the result of swallowing air (aerophagia), and releasing ...

At some point in childhood, farts become one of two things: an embarrassing secret we pretend never happens, or the butt of every joke. As adults, most of us stop joking about them, but many still ...